During quite a 'spirited' downhill drive of the 48-hairpinned Stelvio Pass (South side) in an attempt to catch up with the group heading to Nauders, this quasi six year young signorina suddenly said in relaxed way from her booster throne: "OK, let's play «I spy» !", as if we were just on a regular drive to the grocery store. So my wife kept her busy with that game during the Stelvio roller coaster, while I was particularly focused on managing the acceleration, brakes, negotiating corners and other road action. Once we were on "normal roads" in the valley she got bored and fell asleep. True story.

«The Fog» was a thriller movie directed by John Carpenter (1980). The Gavia Pass was also a thriller and the sudden onset and vanishing of fog did justice to this rather unsettling experience.

Little red boat at Gavia Pass. Henna Red ?

Up high at the Stelvio Pass (North Side), before thunder added some extra flavor to the rumble of the BMW cavalry passing by.

Passo Rombo - Timmelsjoch. Hush-hush, hear the BMW brakes ticking during the cool down. Someone had radioed: "Okay guys, let's reverse this pass". Afterwards we found out that, actually, he had only said "Okay guys, let's traverse this pass". Lost in translation...

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“For ’tis the mind that makes the body rich” (W. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Scene 3)